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• New Findings: “Tracking the AI Evolution in Research Libraries: Findings from ARL’s Third AI Quick Poll”

  12-03-2025 17:12 via infodocket.com
  From an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Post by Leo Lo (U. of New Mexico) & Cynthia Hudson-Vitale (Johns Hopkins University):
  The third and latest poll in this ongoing series, conducted in January 2025, provides insights from 40 ARL library deans and directors about how their institutions are integrating and responding to AI technologies. This poll builds on the findings from previous polls, each reflecting a new stage in AI adoption.
  Findings From the Poll are Organized Into the Fol
  
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• Report: “Boston Public Library Expands Access to Collections Through AI-Enhanced Digitization”

  12-03-2025 14:25 via infodocket.com
  From the Boston Public Library (Full Text Announcement):
  The Boston Public Library (BPL) is launching a large-scale digitization project to unlock hundreds of thousands of historically significant items previously inaccessible to the public. This multi-phase effort will give BPL the opportunity to pilot the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make vast historical collections – currently underutilized due to their age, scale, and format – freely available, modernize digitizat
  
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• Elsevier Launches ScienceDirect AI

  12-03-2025 08:01 via infodocket.com
  From an Elsevier Release:Elsevier today launches ScienceDirect AI, a cutting-edge generative AI tool for researchers. It is designed to transform the way researchers work by enabling them to instantly extract, summarize and compare trusted insights from millions of full-text articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect, the world’s largest platform for trusted, peer-reviewed research.
  Researchers grapple with an ever-growing and overwhelming volume of information and need to quickly get acc
  
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